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he is, by the way, the only person elected three times to govern california. in 1942 he beat an incumbent democrat, olson, despite fdr's popularity nationally and within the state, despite the fact that the state and country were at war. in 1950, his last election, he did one better than beating an ally of fdr, he beat fdr's son, jimmy roosevelt, by more than a million votes. and in 1946's election he achieved the remarkable and by today's standards sort of unimaginable feat of winning not only the republican party nomination for governor, but the democratic nomination as well. [laughter] yeah. give that a moment's thought. [laughter] um, he is the only person ever nominated by both parties to govern california. it was in 1953 that, as i'm sure many of you know, it was dwight eisenhower who tapped warren to become chief justice of the united states. in another hard-to-imagine turn of events, warren accepted that as a recess appointment and served from october of 1953 until march of 1954 without senate confirmation. he left california on a saturday and was swor
he is, by the way, the only person elected three times to govern california. in 1942 he beat an incumbent democrat, olson, despite fdr's popularity nationally and within the state, despite the fact that the state and country were at war. in 1950, his last election, he did one better than beating an ally of fdr, he beat fdr's son, jimmy roosevelt, by more than a million votes. and in 1946's election he achieved the remarkable and by today's standards sort of unimaginable feat of winning not only...
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won more and more elections. by the time they met in december of 31 democrats have a free vote majority in the house. hoover suggested the democratic republicans give up the majority that they have a one-vote majority and let them run both sides so that the owners would be on them to produce a legislative proposal. they are not about to go along with that. and hoover did try to campaign against congress. basically congress was a radical force and congress was desperate to help hoover in fact pretty much everything that he asked for in that period but there was a certain amount of gridlock he vetoed a lot of bills and a lot of things that didn't happen while in hoover's presidency were sent back by the new congress to roosevelt and roosevelt signed in the first 100 days the reason there was a productive is that he was thinking of all of those things, they were generating those things that had been vetoed by the previous president and that had a follow-up and the others as well but not as dramatically as 1933. ther
won more and more elections. by the time they met in december of 31 democrats have a free vote majority in the house. hoover suggested the democratic republicans give up the majority that they have a one-vote majority and let them run both sides so that the owners would be on them to produce a legislative proposal. they are not about to go along with that. and hoover did try to campaign against congress. basically congress was a radical force and congress was desperate to help hoover in fact...
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abraham lincoln elected november much later in est. congress came into session and to put forth a critical portion a way they dealt with the territory to have a dividing line beyond the louisiana purchase to the border california. i will get to my main topic. when abraham lincoln and rejected all meaningful compromise. i am going to talk about three different men. you know, his name. abraham lincoln. the other two not so well known. a great kentucky statesmen some would believe henry stewart from your state to have prior to the nomination of the presidency was the most notable republican. now finally where does it start? henry clay. he had been dead already eight years. during the first half henry clay was a major figure in politics. known as the great compromise. 1820 and 1850 clay had a major role to shape a compromise. that does not bring him down in 1860. he comes because abraham lincoln looked to his political mentor he called him my ideal of a statesman. lincoln's best known remarks came in a eulogy he delivered one week after cl
abraham lincoln elected november much later in est. congress came into session and to put forth a critical portion a way they dealt with the territory to have a dividing line beyond the louisiana purchase to the border california. i will get to my main topic. when abraham lincoln and rejected all meaningful compromise. i am going to talk about three different men. you know, his name. abraham lincoln. the other two not so well known. a great kentucky statesmen some would believe henry stewart...
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a huge landslide, not only in the presidential election but in senate elections as well. i think many people might be thinking, when you look at the title of your book, "the last great senate." if these guys were so great, why did they get their heads handed to them by by public? you thought they were great but apparently in 1980 the american people didn't think they were so great, or is that not a fair question? >> of course it's a fair question. there were a number of elements at work there. to some extent it was a generational change. many of the people that i described as great had come to the senate in 1956 or '58 or '62 and served three or four terms and to some extent the election terror rat decided it was time for them to be changed, or some of the senators ran won they are in ill health, such as jason jrvits and warren magnusson but there was a tide in the country as politics were moving to the right. what i describe in the book is the tide moving to the right which culminates in ronald reagan's election. but i also describe the senate that even in the late '70s
a huge landslide, not only in the presidential election but in senate elections as well. i think many people might be thinking, when you look at the title of your book, "the last great senate." if these guys were so great, why did they get their heads handed to them by by public? you thought they were great but apparently in 1980 the american people didn't think they were so great, or is that not a fair question? >> of course it's a fair question. there were a number of elements...
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but if we score the set in this coming election, believe me, we would pass it. it's up to us to have the political will to do it and it's a thrill to be here for so many new faces and so many strong people that are one of the leaders i see you all for this room to help women and children and men around the world i honor and appreciate the kind of celebration which is a celebration of all of our work is up to the women and it is up to you. thank you. [applause] i have a congressional resolution. come out here for the evolution. [applause] >> i could stay all day -- >> even though you are running out on me. congratulations. thank you. [applause] >> we are joined on the board of directors >> of the trailblazer a word gets out presented by the majority carolyn maloney in recognition of her tireless leadership with the equal rights amendment for women's rights worldwide. thank you. thank you. [applause] if i would like to ask you to join me on stage. you're in for a treat if you have not met arleen baker he was about to hear from one of the most powerful voices in or
but if we score the set in this coming election, believe me, we would pass it. it's up to us to have the political will to do it and it's a thrill to be here for so many new faces and so many strong people that are one of the leaders i see you all for this room to help women and children and men around the world i honor and appreciate the kind of celebration which is a celebration of all of our work is up to the women and it is up to you. thank you. [applause] i have a congressional resolution....
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it was an elective, which i didn't elect, but i was so lucky to have been put in that class because when i walked in there and the teacher said, which instrument do you want to play, and at first i thought i had to pay for them and i say, how much does it cost? and when he said it doesn't cost you anything. it just seemed like the whole world just opened up to me, and i can to choose whichever i wanted and i saw the saxophone and it was so beautiful, and that's the one i wanted. >> do you still played today? >> i don't play anymore, and i haven't played since i graduated from college because i never owned my own saxophone. when i went to you see, they didn't have marching band so i didn't have anything to join. and then i discovered a whole bunch of other things, you know, i got into dance, into film and video. i got into like all these other things that i was doing, and i really missed the saxophone and a wanted to get back into playing. and one of my teachers pulled inside one day, and she said you know, it's really good you're very creative and that you love to explore and learn new t
it was an elective, which i didn't elect, but i was so lucky to have been put in that class because when i walked in there and the teacher said, which instrument do you want to play, and at first i thought i had to pay for them and i say, how much does it cost? and when he said it doesn't cost you anything. it just seemed like the whole world just opened up to me, and i can to choose whichever i wanted and i saw the saxophone and it was so beautiful, and that's the one i wanted. >> do you...
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forget landmark elections. some of the closest and most decisive in american history just a tour they force campaign to defeat warren magnuson. nighters the kids say, the goldwash campaign. a great senator and washington's next great senator. when you bring it full circle, if he had done none of that when you look at his achievement, singular achievement on the 9/11 commission by trent lott in the service to america that alone would have been worth a major boat. did he strive for consensus rather than this view we have painted of this partisan, working with interest democrats, drove consensus, for fact-finding that i would assert makes america safer today because of it but enough of that. what was yours? >> for almost ten years after i left the senate in 2001 i would be asked by well-meaning acquaintances when i was going to write my memoirs and i always have off that question. the true answer was never. not under any circumstances am i going to put myself in that kind of discipline. then along comes john hughe
forget landmark elections. some of the closest and most decisive in american history just a tour they force campaign to defeat warren magnuson. nighters the kids say, the goldwash campaign. a great senator and washington's next great senator. when you bring it full circle, if he had done none of that when you look at his achievement, singular achievement on the 9/11 commission by trent lott in the service to america that alone would have been worth a major boat. did he strive for consensus...
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i mean you know there are certain things like who are elected and terrorist events -- >> are you worri about nition or cmmoficaon at r on? >> crnha people get biases and they become self-fulfilling prophecies. maybe i can bd on terrorism and i lyryabthkds hithshd remain or sank like our leadership and things like that, so i don't worry about manipulation and things like that. d whispperete seulin prophecy. alternatively, that is so very different th the kinds of things that wehear today. you know, we talk about thes -i on >>hat do you mean by a good derivative? >> what is a good derivativ what is a good derivative? it is really something that provides a rich transf function and it aowsor rihatd ant totns have too somebody who is a professional risk-taker or to somebody who also wants to take a modest risk so the farmer. tht hnga good drivave. rive e tat hedges interests. what they share inommon is they are trading on the regulated markets. they are transparent. theyrovi ahrfe tianst importantly, they provide open prices that spurs enrepreneurs for people to change their behavior. sont,
i mean you know there are certain things like who are elected and terrorist events -- >> are you worri about nition or cmmoficaon at r on? >> crnha people get biases and they become self-fulfilling prophecies. maybe i can bd on terrorism and i lyryabthkds hithshd remain or sank like our leadership and things like that, so i don't worry about manipulation and things like that. d whispperete seulin prophecy. alternatively, that is so very different th the kinds of things that wehear...
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it is now time for our elected leaders and those who will be elected to stand up and lead. and that's going to a choir compromised. it's going to require give on an entitlements, tax, defense, all of the elements of the budget have to be involved. we all know the gender framework but somebody has to negotiate it and that's up to our elected leaders. we're going to try to nag them until they do. thank you. >> thank you very much, bill. representative and secretary dan glickman. >> thank you sam, and thanks to you and my colleague at the bipartisan policy center, pete domenici, for your leadership. it's tough enough in the country to make simple decisions, built on separation of powers. the founding fathers 11-foot on the brake and one foot on the accelerate at all time, and we've got another breaks are burning. it's tough enough, but in that environment coupled with this campaign and firemen, money and the political system 24 hour media cycle, nobody seems to be free to make decisions. incentives for leadership are really pretty difficult. but it's not all bleak. it always s
it is now time for our elected leaders and those who will be elected to stand up and lead. and that's going to a choir compromised. it's going to require give on an entitlements, tax, defense, all of the elements of the budget have to be involved. we all know the gender framework but somebody has to negotiate it and that's up to our elected leaders. we're going to try to nag them until they do. thank you. >> thank you very much, bill. representative and secretary dan glickman. >>...
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and it is now time for our elected leaders and those who will be elected to spanned up and lead. and that's going require comprise, it's going to require give on entitlement taxes, ten, all of the element of the budget have to be involved. we all know that the general framework, but somebody has to negotiate it and that's up to our elected leaders. we're going try to nag them until they do. thank you. >> thank you very much, bill. representative and secretary dan gligman. . -- glingman. thank you to pete domenici if are your leadership. it's tough to make -- one foot on the brake and the accelerator. now the brakes are burning up. it's tough enough under the best of circumstances. but, you know, in that environment, coupled with the campaign environment money in the political system, 24 media cycle, nobody seem the to be free to make decisions. the incentive for leadership are really difficult, and so but it's not all bleak and, you know, it struck me that when you look at great institutions that worked well from great companies to academic institutions, there is a kind of symbol
and it is now time for our elected leaders and those who will be elected to spanned up and lead. and that's going require comprise, it's going to require give on entitlement taxes, ten, all of the element of the budget have to be involved. we all know that the general framework, but somebody has to negotiate it and that's up to our elected leaders. we're going try to nag them until they do. thank you. >> thank you very much, bill. representative and secretary dan gligman. . -- glingman....
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in 1882, thomas election was putting together the first lecture driven the entire city. at the same time, h.j. rogers was working on his electric grid and came very close to actually beating edison to the punch. he opened his grid in august 1882, two weeks later in september, h.j. rogers did so as well. it was the first hydroelectric power plant in the entire world. more importantly, appleton, wisconsin, was the first place but somebody other than thomas edison, without edison's team of geniuses working around him, trying to apply this technology in the real world, and he failed miserably. when you understand why h.j. rogers failed, you have an understanding of power grid works today and why there are some problems with it. h.j. rogers problem was a first technological problem. he had no idea what he was doing with the technology he had purchased. there were no such thing as things as electric linemen. there was no such things as electrical engineers. that was a job that thomas edison's staff invented. none of them had come west with the generator that maggie koerth-bake
in 1882, thomas election was putting together the first lecture driven the entire city. at the same time, h.j. rogers was working on his electric grid and came very close to actually beating edison to the punch. he opened his grid in august 1882, two weeks later in september, h.j. rogers did so as well. it was the first hydroelectric power plant in the entire world. more importantly, appleton, wisconsin, was the first place but somebody other than thomas edison, without edison's team of...
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you may not act in the best interest of 50 years if the election is every two years or six years. there is the contradiction. you have quarterly earnings and you may not be interested to develop something over 10 years because the investors ask if you hit to earnings by 1 penny and stock prices rise or fall. there is imperfections in both markets because of that objective that arises. that is the problem. and now to stop it in the political realm another way to stop it is to privatize public rather them private to deal with investors. it is important in both cases people think of the implications but the economists fed is the corporate form disappearing to satisfy the investors and that maybe more companies become private? >> i am the second year of undergraduate student. mr. henderson end talks about getting water from rivers. so should they decide what is the correct amount of water? >> this is a great question. when you talk about capping trade a crucial component is how much debt is each person get? not like we pass out per capita. so to pass out the carbon permit this so who
you may not act in the best interest of 50 years if the election is every two years or six years. there is the contradiction. you have quarterly earnings and you may not be interested to develop something over 10 years because the investors ask if you hit to earnings by 1 penny and stock prices rise or fall. there is imperfections in both markets because of that objective that arises. that is the problem. and now to stop it in the political realm another way to stop it is to privatize public...
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i can't with a biography of douglas adams, don't panic, the official hitchhikers guide to the come election -- companion, i'm sorry. his groundbreaking series coming sandman -- [cheers and applause] collected a large number of u.s. awards in its 75 issue run. i was a city hall and a young woman said to have every single one of those. including nine will eisner comic industry were simply heard heard the words. in 1991, the first comic i virtue received literary award for best short stories. he's also won the coveted two. a word. mr. gaiman is credited with being a creator of modern comics as well as some out there who's worked and reached audiences of all ages. he is listed in the dictionary of literary biography as a top 10 living postmodern writers and is a prolific writer of prose, poetry, film, journalism, comics, song lyrics and drama. it is a, please welcome me and give anyone fairfax and george mason welcome to mr. neil gaiman. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> there are an awful lot of view. [laughter] hello. right, so the plan for this evening. the
i can't with a biography of douglas adams, don't panic, the official hitchhikers guide to the come election -- companion, i'm sorry. his groundbreaking series coming sandman -- [cheers and applause] collected a large number of u.s. awards in its 75 issue run. i was a city hall and a young woman said to have every single one of those. including nine will eisner comic industry were simply heard heard the words. in 1991, the first comic i virtue received literary award for best short stories. he's...
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they are talking about elections and constitution hoping to have the elections by june which will be very bold if they can do it. the intent is good. they are working very hard and again the capacity is low. they are all welcome. the expectation should be realistic. they will go through. our democracy did not bring up overnight. it took time and i think we have to be a bit patient and realistic with with a seven in these countries. >> last turn to another area at this time if you will. if you could tell us what the government's position is with regard to syria and how you see things playing out and were there any fundamental differences with your understanding of the u.s. position and how those aligned. >> in the past 18 months i've been in office i have to say the closest relationship by far ahead with your colleagues in the state department you have some exceptional public servants. my foreign secretary understandably deals with the secretary of state the assistant secretary of state public bill burns, grossman, blank who cover the areas like cover have been great partners. there a
they are talking about elections and constitution hoping to have the elections by june which will be very bold if they can do it. the intent is good. they are working very hard and again the capacity is low. they are all welcome. the expectation should be realistic. they will go through. our democracy did not bring up overnight. it took time and i think we have to be a bit patient and realistic with with a seven in these countries. >> last turn to another area at this time if you will. if...
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[applause] she became the first black elected official in baker county, and believe it or not, she's still serving. >> wow! [applause] we convinced her this year, although everyone -- they were all begging her, please stay in because she -- she has. the voice for people op that board for all people, but especially black people on the board of education in baker coupe. her first meeting, her first meeting back in 1976, the superintendent introduced her -- i want to introduce the newest board members, joe hall's daughter, and there was an old board member who said is that the nigger joe hall? that's an honest man. he found my wallet and brought it to me and all the money was still in there. that was her introduction. >> that was the introduction. [laughter] >> you know, but she's a strong woman. we convinced her, though, to just to give it up. you have so many things happening in education. the superintendent begged, begged us too because if we had gone along, her children, with another four years, i'm sure she'd still be there, but we thought it's just time. it's time for her to enjoy
[applause] she became the first black elected official in baker county, and believe it or not, she's still serving. >> wow! [applause] we convinced her this year, although everyone -- they were all begging her, please stay in because she -- she has. the voice for people op that board for all people, but especially black people on the board of education in baker coupe. her first meeting, her first meeting back in 1976, the superintendent introduced her -- i want to introduce the newest...
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can tell you that night driving from newton, the and [applause] [applause] she became the first black elected official in baker county. and believe it or not. she's still serving. [applause] [applause] we convinced her this year, they were begging her please stay in. he has been the voice for people on that board for all people but especially black people on the board of education in baker county. our first meeting with the first meeting back in 1976, the supertent introduced her as the he said i want to introduce the newest board members, joe haul's daughter. there was a old board member that said, is that thing nigger. i want to tell you that's an honest man. he found my wallet he brought it to me and all the money was still in there. that was -- [laughter] you know. but she's a strong woman. we convinced her though to just give it up. you have so many things happening in education. the superintendent begged us -- because if we had gone along her children with another four years, i'm sure she'd be there. we thought at this time, it's time for her to enjoy life a little more. she's always on
can tell you that night driving from newton, the and [applause] [applause] she became the first black elected official in baker county. and believe it or not. she's still serving. [applause] [applause] we convinced her this year, they were begging her please stay in. he has been the voice for people on that board for all people but especially black people on the board of education in baker county. our first meeting with the first meeting back in 1976, the supertent introduced her as the he said...
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and then on the night of the election we were all in the courthouse. it's like something out of the movies. we looked out of mississippi and the police's right there in georgia. we were at the courthouse that might standing because they were counting the paper ballots and we were watching them count the ballots it looks past us and spoke. he was angry because we have been having meetings and my husband kept telling me not put another johnson in office. they got the word back to him so that is why he was angry. so, he walked a few feet away and came back and said i take that back. i didn't know who you were so he's standing there with a gun on his side and my husband is standing there and they are staring each other, just staring at each other. i was about to have a heart attack. because i knew that even with all of those people in the room, she was going to pull his gun out with everyone there to shoot. but someone ran outside and got his gun, the one that was running for office, then he ran and a drug status by the arm and said let's leave that alone.
and then on the night of the election we were all in the courthouse. it's like something out of the movies. we looked out of mississippi and the police's right there in georgia. we were at the courthouse that might standing because they were counting the paper ballots and we were watching them count the ballots it looks past us and spoke. he was angry because we have been having meetings and my husband kept telling me not put another johnson in office. they got the word back to him so that is...
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governor tomlin was elected during a special election last october. he will be up for reelection this november. his remarks are about 45 minutes. [inaudible] [applause] >> do you do anything else, or do i just take off from here? [inaudible] please be seated. mr. president, mr. speaker, members of the board of public works, justices of the supreme court of appeals, members of the state board of education, members of the legislature, distinguished guests, and my fellow west virginians. i am humbled and honored to stand before you this evening. we are on the verge of experiencing a new and dynamic chapter in the history of west virginia. [applause] avenues of opportunities lay before us. there will be challenges along the way, but make no mistake, our trajectory is upward. it is our strength, talent, creativity, and clarity of purpose that gives us the capacity to achieve greatness. and while we can achieve greatness, our success is not guaranteed. outcomes will be based on our willingness to use our unique abilities and skills for a greater west virgin
governor tomlin was elected during a special election last october. he will be up for reelection this november. his remarks are about 45 minutes. [inaudible] [applause] >> do you do anything else, or do i just take off from here? [inaudible] please be seated. mr. president, mr. speaker, members of the board of public works, justices of the supreme court of appeals, members of the state board of education, members of the legislature, distinguished guests, and my fellow west virginians. i...
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they don't want you to experience obamacare before the election. they are going to wait until after that. and then they are going to bring the hammer down and they figure it will bring the hammer down just in time it is implemented and then everybody in america will get used to having the government from their lives, 2014, it won't be for three years. you will have a chance to vote out that president and put a new one in and by then, their hope is that they will get you hooked i will never forget going to the green room at fox during the debate when obamacare -- this was after the senate election where scott brown was elected and looked like the senate couldn't pass obamacare again and so the president decided to shut the senate bill through the house and i remember going to fox and i ran into the now famous juan williams, and i said to the mouthpiece of the white house i said what are you guys doing? he said you're going to get killed in the next election if you force this through and this is what he told me. he said i just talked to the white hou
they don't want you to experience obamacare before the election. they are going to wait until after that. and then they are going to bring the hammer down and they figure it will bring the hammer down just in time it is implemented and then everybody in america will get used to having the government from their lives, 2014, it won't be for three years. you will have a chance to vote out that president and put a new one in and by then, their hope is that they will get you hooked i will never...
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and then that's who is getting elected to congress. coupled with the way that congressional districts are drawn. another big problem. which is leaving out the middle. the middle is totally disappearing in congress. so you have the for a left and the for a right, and unable to cut deals. unable to govern which is why i think we have a congress with a 9% approval rating. >> my reading of the book indicated that while you do blame both problems for the problem that you blame one side more than than the other. that side is the republican side? >> i think you're right. i would say that i set out to blame both sides equally when i started reporting the book. when i started writing the book i felt both parties have been ignoring the center. but i think in reporting the book and of course, i was reporting the book for the past two years, the tea party had sort of been rising during that time and making its vote heard. so you had some very spectacular prominent primary elections in 2010. for example in delaware where mike hassle was challenged
and then that's who is getting elected to congress. coupled with the way that congressional districts are drawn. another big problem. which is leaving out the middle. the middle is totally disappearing in congress. so you have the for a left and the for a right, and unable to cut deals. unable to govern which is why i think we have a congress with a 9% approval rating. >> my reading of the book indicated that while you do blame both problems for the problem that you blame one side more...
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elected in 2008 she is the twenty-seventh most popular elected treasurer and the first woman to hold the post. at the state fiscal advisor, treasurer cowell oversees $70 billion in pension fund investments affecting 850,000 public employees including teachers, firefighters and other government agents. cowell oversees the state health plan for teachers and state employees which provides health care coverage to 664,000 teachers state employees and retirees. cowell and her staff manage the issuance of $7 billion of debt each year and held city's, counties by monitoring their financial condition will providing professional and technical assistance on audit and financial reporting. directing government operations from a hands-on experience as a member of the north carolina senate and raleigh city council. state treasurer janet cowell. >> thank you for having me here today and hosting this press briefing. always good with controller dinapoli. north carolina has a different story from new york but also a good story to tell in terms of state finances. even with some of the recent economic di
elected in 2008 she is the twenty-seventh most popular elected treasurer and the first woman to hold the post. at the state fiscal advisor, treasurer cowell oversees $70 billion in pension fund investments affecting 850,000 public employees including teachers, firefighters and other government agents. cowell oversees the state health plan for teachers and state employees which provides health care coverage to 664,000 teachers state employees and retirees. cowell and her staff manage the...
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of being able to win statewide elections in getting anyone elected at the statewide level, their record is terrible over the last decade. so i think until you build more viable republican party, it's going to be hard to see this play out in the way the proponents anticipate. >> run. fund drive for national journal. what was the impact on conservatives of having a significant moderate wing in the republican party? for that under the post having a conservative claim the democratic party whether it's congress that the reagan administration. even in the reagan administration were voices of the different factions come a different in the party. how does that affect the way choices were made when issues were debated as you said not only between the parties but within the parties? >> jeff, your book is great. >> sure. i think conservatives had to think about what was going to appeal to people in their party and then go on to sell it to the broader public as well. it's actually disciplined conservatives and made them realize the need to actually persuade people of their views rather than simply
of being able to win statewide elections in getting anyone elected at the statewide level, their record is terrible over the last decade. so i think until you build more viable republican party, it's going to be hard to see this play out in the way the proponents anticipate. >> run. fund drive for national journal. what was the impact on conservatives of having a significant moderate wing in the republican party? for that under the post having a conservative claim the democratic party...
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>>host: $59 and change if you elected to that. final call on the black. classic. if you need extra space to store your shoes are handbags or wherever you need it that you for money wise compared to what you buy in the marketplace, you cannot compete. let's go to the phones as a good evening to jennette in california. welcome to the show. you are live with lou and adam. do you already have one of these? >>caller: yes, i have nine of them. it is age. i have three of the large ones to of 1st narrow short the i bought and the new ones that came out that our they are wonderful! >>host: jenna what you use them for? >>caller: se them for everything. it so easy to take all of your trash or whatever you want to call it and organize it. they are just3 >>guest:great. >>host: need guide delivered, did you have to do anything to add to it assemble it? >>caller: no other than to put the wheels on and i am 74 years old and i have done it. >>host: to own eight of them is a real testament. and that's, if anyone what iran now insane should i bother, what would you tell them? >>call
>>host: $59 and change if you elected to that. final call on the black. classic. if you need extra space to store your shoes are handbags or wherever you need it that you for money wise compared to what you buy in the marketplace, you cannot compete. let's go to the phones as a good evening to jennette in california. welcome to the show. you are live with lou and adam. do you already have one of these? >>caller: yes, i have nine of them. it is age. i have three of the large ones to...
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so the question of this election comes down to this. do you want more of the same or do you want real change? >> we know what change looks like and what governor romney -- give them more power to the biggest banks is in change. another $5 trillion tax cut for the wealthy, that's not change. refusing to answer questions about the details of your policy days ahead of election, that has not changed. ruling out compromise by pledging rubberstamped a tea party folks in congress. that's not change. changing the facts whether inconvenience to your campaign, not change. >> watch live election coverage on c-span with president obama from chicago and mitt romney in boston. plus key house and senate concession and victory speeches throughout the country. live coverage starts at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> it really was scary. before we liberated. let's say, in baker county. but to have this happen, to have a blogger, i mean, you are only trying to do the best that you can for everyone, and to have someone take your wo
so the question of this election comes down to this. do you want more of the same or do you want real change? >> we know what change looks like and what governor romney -- give them more power to the biggest banks is in change. another $5 trillion tax cut for the wealthy, that's not change. refusing to answer questions about the details of your policy days ahead of election, that has not changed. ruling out compromise by pledging rubberstamped a tea party folks in congress. that's not...
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the election of 1912. actually, most of the major candidates, one of the big famous elections in american history where you have for candid it's all actually running around. so he is the one. he was a democrat. theodore roosevelt running not as a republican candidate. he had already been president, but he is running as a sort of progressive will lose a challenger to the republican candidate who is william howard taft. then you have eugene thomas is the only election in american history where a socialist have kind of played a significant role. what is interesting about that election is that kind of with the exceptions of taft all of the candidates are running with that class language. real mobilization around that issue. the 30's and up being somewhat different. we all think of franklin roosevelt running around a class language in 1932. .. that people would rather have the chance of getting rich than face the reality of being poor? >> but it's so counter intuitive. i covered an election two years ago in was
the election of 1912. actually, most of the major candidates, one of the big famous elections in american history where you have for candid it's all actually running around. so he is the one. he was a democrat. theodore roosevelt running not as a republican candidate. he had already been president, but he is running as a sort of progressive will lose a challenger to the republican candidate who is william howard taft. then you have eugene thomas is the only election in american history where a...
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we should have found conventional wisdom and not do this until laughter the next election cycle. i still find it as a business guy would be hard for me to explain to my shareholders if my company was in dire financial straits, and i said to them we have a plan and i am going to get back to even the spring of 2013 when none of this is self corrupted in the meantime. on the comments made in europe we've made the point in number of them have austerity plans i believe every one of those countries when they have had cutbacks also include increased revenue epidemics, and that's correct, isn't it? >> yes. >> what we have seen from somebody personally was been very interested in what's going on in the u.k. do you have any advice for the lessons learned if we were to put a plan in place on the phasing in of whether its revenue increases or dramatic cutbacks on spending. how we face those and over a time frame or based upon economic recovery metrics? >> welcome a that's a judgment in the long term problem it doesn't have to be all done today. on the other hand, gesturing towards the future
we should have found conventional wisdom and not do this until laughter the next election cycle. i still find it as a business guy would be hard for me to explain to my shareholders if my company was in dire financial straits, and i said to them we have a plan and i am going to get back to even the spring of 2013 when none of this is self corrupted in the meantime. on the comments made in europe we've made the point in number of them have austerity plans i believe every one of those countries...
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he applied for a job in chicago got elected mayor there. he didn't get anything. so the best he could do was sta in new york. dnanogbk hen'ven e,so we stayed there and as he put it, he would try and make money for a year, so he got a job at sort of a magazine/consulting tfitcleug teiofooua and he really didn't like it there. it was sort of in the business world, which held no interest to him. that is. when when they talked a lot endocytic. when he metgnvie. h d mishi std this program was. no product to be more than the randomness that barack obama appeared chicago became random, the fact he got to chicago? >> guest: i wouldn't quite call a friend because the elecon oharo wasngtoas hestan mrma of chicago is very attracted to him. chicago is a point to be at tha point. as i read in the book come within a six-month period, three people write in chica. oprah winfrey became one of the most people of the world. opis about to study showed that barack obam became anonymously, arguably today the most famous of those three. >> host: jerry kelman, chicago ob on ft oorganizer
he applied for a job in chicago got elected mayor there. he didn't get anything. so the best he could do was sta in new york. dnanogbk hen'ven e,so we stayed there and as he put it, he would try and make money for a year, so he got a job at sort of a magazine/consulting tfitcleug teiofooua and he really didn't like it there. it was sort of in the business world, which held no interest to him. that is. when when they talked a lot endocytic. when he metgnvie. h d mishi std this program was. no...
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we were able to elect a president. the same laws were put on the books, in the state of war and alabama and others to keep people off -- [applause] -- if you didn't know that you would be like the many black folks i heard on talk radio is saying why is that so bad? they talk like that so chris rock talked about black folks. why shouldn't we have a better identification laws. is that inappropriate measure? in the rest of the world particularly european countries where we like to measure ourselves in historical terms the idea is you get many people to vote as possible. that is what quality democracy looks like. that is how you guarantee your populace is invested in the outcome and participating in civil society. we actually have to be mindful of that and make sure our kids respect the paths and understand it so that -- this doesn't look right. [applause] >> i am always a coin. my eyes were -- i was able to open my eyes. and my eyes were on cornell. and by eyes on frederick. going to teach just like them. i am the only wo
we were able to elect a president. the same laws were put on the books, in the state of war and alabama and others to keep people off -- [applause] -- if you didn't know that you would be like the many black folks i heard on talk radio is saying why is that so bad? they talk like that so chris rock talked about black folks. why shouldn't we have a better identification laws. is that inappropriate measure? in the rest of the world particularly european countries where we like to measure...
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thank god we were able to elect a president. the same law that were put on the books in 1980 are the same law of the state of alabama, florida ab and others are envoting today to keep people off the poll. if you didn't know that, if you didn't know that, you would be many black voters and latinos saying on talk raid radio. why is that so bad? chris rock talks about black people having another way of talking. why shouldn't we have an voter? isn't that a rest of the world particularly in european country where we measure ourself in historical term against you get as many people to vote as possible. that's what democracy actually looks like. that's how you guarantee the populous is invested in the outcome and participating in civil society. so we actually have to be mindful of that path and make sure our kids respect that path and understand it so they can go into the future of saying, this doesn't look right. >> yeah. >> thank you. [applause] well i'm always a poet, you know. i woke up this morning with my eyes and i woke up this
thank god we were able to elect a president. the same law that were put on the books in 1980 are the same law of the state of alabama, florida ab and others are envoting today to keep people off the poll. if you didn't know that, if you didn't know that, you would be many black voters and latinos saying on talk raid radio. why is that so bad? chris rock talks about black people having another way of talking. why shouldn't we have an voter? isn't that a rest of the world particularly in european...
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i very much hope honestly this election is a policy heavy, issue heavy election and it won't be because the campaign operatives takeover. the country deserves a serious debate now about entitlement reform, tax policy and about the best way to stop iran from getting nuclear weapons and about the whole spectrum of issues. actually i am somewhat optimistic that once the republicans are through the primaries and president obama has a primary and that is another thing i'm unhappy about. i'm sorry barney is here instead of having what he should've been an done and run against president obama in the primaries took give liberalism i voice. here obama sold out the liberals on so many things and they let him go for renomination. more and fortunate because incumbent presidents don't have primary challenges as a better chance of winning. i spent about a week trying to get people like arnie frank and russ feingold to challenge obama to the primaries and that worked as well as my attempts to get jews to vote republican in the past. we will have a serious debate, a serious argument about foreign-polic
i very much hope honestly this election is a policy heavy, issue heavy election and it won't be because the campaign operatives takeover. the country deserves a serious debate now about entitlement reform, tax policy and about the best way to stop iran from getting nuclear weapons and about the whole spectrum of issues. actually i am somewhat optimistic that once the republicans are through the primaries and president obama has a primary and that is another thing i'm unhappy about. i'm sorry...
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the circus is that we have to have elections and we have early primary election and they are typically held march 6 or the first week in marriage. the back of deadlines come and clean under the military voters in the precinct realignments and all that bring us into 2011, which is why the district in texas, united states wondering, true and plans as early as it did in november was because we had very early election to line. the political parties are getting a lot of pressure on the district court in san antonio because then he told their political conventions in june. part of that need to collect those delicate. besides nominating people to run on the ticket, the also select delegates for the convention. so a lot of what was being done in november in texas was about drying up to make sure we could stay on schedule somehow. we will see if we do. there is now a new april 3 primary date, which we may or may not be able to make. will try. so one of the things that you've heard people talk about racially polarized voting. there's a lot of racially polarized voting in texas and it's not just
the circus is that we have to have elections and we have early primary election and they are typically held march 6 or the first week in marriage. the back of deadlines come and clean under the military voters in the precinct realignments and all that bring us into 2011, which is why the district in texas, united states wondering, true and plans as early as it did in november was because we had very early election to line. the political parties are getting a lot of pressure on the district...
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if not for that, he would have been elected president. [laughter] sometimes he tells the story and says he was legislated president, and then they have to take it back because they explained that he was jewish. i think that among his peers, it was not that big of an issue that he was jewish. when he got to the university of texas, whose student body population was larger than the whole top he grew up in, it was an issue. he was only invited to pledge jewish fraternities, and it was a rude awakening for him. he did not know that that would be the case because he'd always enjoyed a certain popularity. he managed to, you know, be the one in his fraternity to represent the fraternity with the others. he really -- he got out of the what could have become a bubble for him at the university of texas, and he really was, you know, popular across campus and became member of the cowboys, which if you are from texas and know anything about ut, you know it's a popular group, the texas cowboys. for a jew, he was pretty popular. [laughter] sorry. >> i h
if not for that, he would have been elected president. [laughter] sometimes he tells the story and says he was legislated president, and then they have to take it back because they explained that he was jewish. i think that among his peers, it was not that big of an issue that he was jewish. when he got to the university of texas, whose student body population was larger than the whole top he grew up in, it was an issue. he was only invited to pledge jewish fraternities, and it was a rude...
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they look at the white house and so selections rather than in elections. the supreme court deciding against popular vote but a look at politicians and said my god, congress seems a -- 26 lobbyists are every congressman or congresswoman. they said everybody is concerned about the 11th amendment that shalt not get called. that's what our young folks are. they look at our church as a ceos rather than passive. use be a time where somebody was concerned about nonmarket i like love and justice and fairness and fidelity and integrity and dignity and magnanimity. but no, no, not by the time we get to the early part of 21st century. everybody is for sale. everybody for sale. just give them big money. thank god for my dear sister alice walker. where is she? or is sister alice walker? where is she? stand, my dear sister because she is, oh, we love you. we love you sister alice. we love you but you're taking us down. all these years from gutbucket jim crow mississippi and this very day come you're still telling the truth in your own literary way. oh, yes. because i be
they look at the white house and so selections rather than in elections. the supreme court deciding against popular vote but a look at politicians and said my god, congress seems a -- 26 lobbyists are every congressman or congresswoman. they said everybody is concerned about the 11th amendment that shalt not get called. that's what our young folks are. they look at our church as a ceos rather than passive. use be a time where somebody was concerned about nonmarket i like love and justice and...
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we are moving into another election about change. the central question is whether government is capable of contributing to positive change. the stimulus has become exhibit a for the republican argument that it can't which is weird because it should be exhibit a for the argument that it can. i realize i probably sound like an obama cheerleader. it is an extremely uncomfortable role for me. a funny scene for the end of the book i'm talking to vice president joe biden who oversaw the stimulus. he let me sit in on a cabinet meeting devoted to the stimulus and is giving me a hard time. i read all your articles, you are the only guy who wrote anything positive. i'm usually more of a downer than little mary sunshine and my friends will back me up on that. it is unusual for me. he starts laughing at me, took him to bed and slept on them, didn't get into journalism to tell stories that joe biden would want to cuddle with. i followed the facts. my stories only look glowing compared to the ridiculous gotchas that have passed for journalism. lik
we are moving into another election about change. the central question is whether government is capable of contributing to positive change. the stimulus has become exhibit a for the republican argument that it can't which is weird because it should be exhibit a for the argument that it can. i realize i probably sound like an obama cheerleader. it is an extremely uncomfortable role for me. a funny scene for the end of the book i'm talking to vice president joe biden who oversaw the stimulus. he...
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of the '92 election believe that we have to get the papers on site and if i may have to dig out of my files one example of this which was the main story in the paper in the first of april, just eight days before the 1992 election and the main story was in this evidence and it is the education minister with private education for the luxury of the 300 lb townhouse and 40,000-pound flat and branded a hypocrite for preaching socialism for the luxury of the homes. my wife and i between us have the houses. with the sun was doing in the '92 election was working over each senior member of the labor front bench and this had an affect and if you're on the receiving end of it felt like power. it had an effect on the constituency from doing a meeting that wednesday, and you could feel support in the majority moving but if you then look this was minor. they had a consequence which talks about power. every burglar in west oxford share knew that the one day of the year we were not to be in the house was election night we got and a lot of property was stolen subsequently that is one of those things y
of the '92 election believe that we have to get the papers on site and if i may have to dig out of my files one example of this which was the main story in the paper in the first of april, just eight days before the 1992 election and the main story was in this evidence and it is the education minister with private education for the luxury of the 300 lb townhouse and 40,000-pound flat and branded a hypocrite for preaching socialism for the luxury of the homes. my wife and i between us have the...
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now, he was first elected in 2006 and then reelected in 2010. i'm told without any opposition in either party and has the distinction of being the only statewide elected official not to have opposition in either party in 2010. that's pretty impressive, doug. i don't know how you've done that, but that's pretty impressive. i wish i could have learned that lesson. [laughter] during his administration general gansler has focused on the environment, he's focused on consumer issues and public safety issues, and he has chosen, as many be of you in this room know, the issue of privacy as his presidential initiative. general pruitt was first elected in 2010, and don't be misled by his relative recent entry into this world of attorneys generals, because he has quickly become a national leader when we talk about restoring limited government and the proper balance between the federal and state governments around this country. he will talk a little bit about that and in particular he's focused on domestic energy security and production. we're glad to have g
now, he was first elected in 2006 and then reelected in 2010. i'm told without any opposition in either party and has the distinction of being the only statewide elected official not to have opposition in either party in 2010. that's pretty impressive, doug. i don't know how you've done that, but that's pretty impressive. i wish i could have learned that lesson. [laughter] during his administration general gansler has focused on the environment, he's focused on consumer issues and public safety...
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on the third try at mayer, a klansman was elected for mayor. the conditions were around us. >> it was interesting because he would not necessarily think of detroit is the ground for the premises of that sort of environment. >> it is ironic that you think it was that kind of environment there. >> those boys wanted their jobs back after. that is when the clan numbers sky rocketed. >> escorting little bit, tell us more about a man that oakland referred to as doctor yusef ali bey and how he came to disbelieve in religion. how he came to believe in this religion or its. >> he was born, as i read, in texas. greenville, texas. he is texas cotton town. everyone knows that for years there was a very infamous sign. the blackest land, the whitest people. people who put it up said it is about soil for cotton and we have good, pure people here in greenville. they denied any rachel intends. they denied any rachel intends. the african-americans took it a different way. there was a lynching story that took place -- a very horrible story. a white woman claimed
on the third try at mayer, a klansman was elected for mayor. the conditions were around us. >> it was interesting because he would not necessarily think of detroit is the ground for the premises of that sort of environment. >> it is ironic that you think it was that kind of environment there. >> those boys wanted their jobs back after. that is when the clan numbers sky rocketed. >> escorting little bit, tell us more about a man that oakland referred to as doctor yusef...
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or series of elections. that is not generally the way the united states operates. courtesy of the constitution drafted in 1787 and what i want to insist relatively unamended thereafter with regard to the basic structures that we live under. the republican presidents since president johnson -- that is, nixon, ford, reagan, george h.w. bush -- not for a single day had even a single house of the congress from their own political party. i'm sorry, ronald reagan did have the senate for a couple or maybe even four years, but he never had a full congress. that was republican. bill clinton did have a full congress that was republican, but, of course, bill clinton was a democrat. and so you had fragmented government. george w. bush had a republican congress for a total of a bit more than four of his eight years, though bush scarcely has the list of legislative accomplishments that could rival lynn congress done johnsons -- lyndon johnson's or, to be fair, richard nixon's. perhaps the 2012 election will generate a uni
or series of elections. that is not generally the way the united states operates. courtesy of the constitution drafted in 1787 and what i want to insist relatively unamended thereafter with regard to the basic structures that we live under. the republican presidents since president johnson -- that is, nixon, ford, reagan, george h.w. bush -- not for a single day had even a single house of the congress from their own political party. i'm sorry, ronald reagan did have the senate for a couple or...
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are a little bit different from the house elections and statewide house of assembly elections because the way the boundaries have been drawn, redistricting will benefit republicans in the house. not necessarily in the senate because it is still a statewide election. the other thing is to remember that even if democrats hold a slight advantage nationally in terms of party id, republicans -- conservatives consistently hold a 2-1 advantage over the ra
are a little bit different from the house elections and statewide house of assembly elections because the way the boundaries have been drawn, redistricting will benefit republicans in the house. not necessarily in the senate because it is still a statewide election. the other thing is to remember that even if democrats hold a slight advantage nationally in terms of party id, republicans -- conservatives consistently hold a 2-1 advantage over the ra
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bush around 2011 before the election. bush sought him out from the crowd, pulled him aside and grabbed him by the arm and said i want you to know i'm not going to be like my father was on israel. and bush is from different perspective. bush is a w. bush. w. is from a different perspective. george w. bush had should prohibit minorities, part of the establishment, the realpolitik world including henry kissinger. w. bush was more from the south are an evangelical background. these are groups much more supportive of israel. bush was also a huge reader, loved reading. i know people don't think that about him, but happens to be the case. he would read 80 to 90 bucks a year. get a reading contest is karl rove. these are a serious bucks, history, biography, sometimes philosophy. karl rove wants that in 35 years teenage george w. bush, he never saw him without a book. the guy love to read. he did not retire sit and especially did not protest when he was running for governor in texas, when he was trying to out cowboy his opponent.
bush around 2011 before the election. bush sought him out from the crowd, pulled him aside and grabbed him by the arm and said i want you to know i'm not going to be like my father was on israel. and bush is from different perspective. bush is a w. bush. w. is from a different perspective. george w. bush had should prohibit minorities, part of the establishment, the realpolitik world including henry kissinger. w. bush was more from the south are an evangelical background. these are groups much...
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many election officials are county elected officials and many voter boards are part of county government. one of the things i best is about this bill, this fast voting act of 2012, is that rather than mandating some specific response, it encourages state and local officials to put together plans for how to learn from the he lessons of 2012, hoo learn from the long lines and barriers that were put into place of those who came out to vote and find the best solutions rather than imposing or compelling, incentivizing and leading in a way that i think state and local officials will respond well to and will accept and celebrate. there is strong momentum. although the election is now more than a month behind us, my hope is that we will continue to focus on the challenges of this last election and fix them before the next. the momentum, well, today the pew conference today and tomorrow on voting in america is bringing together some of our nation's foremost experts and scholars. and for that, we're grateful to the pew charitable foundation. the judiciary committee, mr. president, on which we serv
many election officials are county elected officials and many voter boards are part of county government. one of the things i best is about this bill, this fast voting act of 2012, is that rather than mandating some specific response, it encourages state and local officials to put together plans for how to learn from the he lessons of 2012, hoo learn from the long lines and barriers that were put into place of those who came out to vote and find the best solutions rather than imposing or...
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political branches and elected representatives who are the ones that should be jumping in and waiting these things and coming up with a set of rules. at one point in this detention process do we say we detain people until the end of their lives. with explicitly say that and get that testing out and figure out what the implications are because detaining someone to the end of their natural life as different implications. i don't think anybody would think you should be detained for 50 years without getting any kind of hearing, whether you were properly detained in the first place but those things need to be balanced out and i don't think the courts are best equipped to do that. >> there are three candidates and we have named them and it is a difference of opinion. on tuesday judge cavanaugh wrote for a majority of the d.c. circuit and the military commissions act. i don't know if that was annual promotion or undermining his case for promotion and deep and -- something like -- grant is a persuasive advocate but you need to keep in mind the solace to these guys are to the government say th
political branches and elected representatives who are the ones that should be jumping in and waiting these things and coming up with a set of rules. at one point in this detention process do we say we detain people until the end of their lives. with explicitly say that and get that testing out and figure out what the implications are because detaining someone to the end of their natural life as different implications. i don't think anybody would think you should be detained for 50 years...
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for instance, in the 1960 election and talks about the television election of jfk and how telegenic he was and it's all true but it's not to say that television hadn't than any major important medium and had been used by several presidents before him but he have this unique temperament and a look that really spoke well to television. you have a similar thing with the internet and barack obama and certainly other people have tried to what extent they could have been i think there is a reason why say will.i.am didn't make good music video about howard dean. it wouldn't quite be the same. and also at the very heart of it, this is sort of a dangerous proposition. it seems very fun and oh my god its punching the easter bunny but you have to remember when you plan this kind of thing in the presidency nothing you other film is a race. it's in the presidential records so every scrap of everything, if he's mad about something it's all in there. at the very heart of it, the very thing you have to understand is unless everyone from the senior visors down to the president himself were in anyway ne
for instance, in the 1960 election and talks about the television election of jfk and how telegenic he was and it's all true but it's not to say that television hadn't than any major important medium and had been used by several presidents before him but he have this unique temperament and a look that really spoke well to television. you have a similar thing with the internet and barack obama and certainly other people have tried to what extent they could have been i think there is a reason why...
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he was first elected in 2006 and then we elected in 2010. i'm told without any opposition in either party and of the distinction of being the only statewide elected official not to have a position in either party in 2010 that is pretty impressive. but i wish i could have learned that. during his administration congenital gansler has focused on the environment, he's focused on consumer issues and public safety issues and he's chosen it the issue of privacy as his presidential a initiative. general pruitt was first elected in 2010. don't be misled by his relatives, we send entry into this world of the attorneys general's because he has quickly become about a limited government and the proper balance between the federal and state governments around this country. he will talk a little bit about that and in particular he focused on the domestic energy security and production. they are also elected in 2010 as alabama's 49 the attorney general and even before he became the attorney general, he was recognized as one of america's leading attorneys in
he was first elected in 2006 and then we elected in 2010. i'm told without any opposition in either party and of the distinction of being the only statewide elected official not to have a position in either party in 2010 that is pretty impressive. but i wish i could have learned that. during his administration congenital gansler has focused on the environment, he's focused on consumer issues and public safety issues and he's chosen it the issue of privacy as his presidential a initiative....
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but looking to the election is looking beyond the election. because this election is about a basic fork in the road, whether we are going to turn back toward the cliff or go back toward the shore and the people who will be making these decisions beyond this election, we want to be sensitive to our position. and a lot of these issues, all of these issues are not day-to-day issues. they are long-term issues. the first thing we have to do is elect the right people. >> i'm glad you said that, because one of the things that i wanted you to be able to do them before witches were some of the issues that we should be concerned about i'm going to allow you to go ahead and get to the audience. what are some of your initial thoughts for next democratic want to go back to what the congresswoman said. because she summed it up very well and ron christie added to that. on a whether you are voting for the head of your civic organization were in dc, we have what we call neighborhood advisory commissions, i think it is incumbent regardless of your party affilia
but looking to the election is looking beyond the election. because this election is about a basic fork in the road, whether we are going to turn back toward the cliff or go back toward the shore and the people who will be making these decisions beyond this election, we want to be sensitive to our position. and a lot of these issues, all of these issues are not day-to-day issues. they are long-term issues. the first thing we have to do is elect the right people. >> i'm glad you said that,...
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president, that the speaker's number one goal is to get elected speaker on january 3rd. the house is not even here. he's told me he'll give 'em two not two days, 48 hours. they don't even have enough of the leadership here to meet to talk about it. they've done it with conference calls. people are spread all over the basically, is waiting for january 3rd. now, the present campaigned on raising taxes on people making more than $250,000 a year.l the bush era tax cuts will expire at the end of this year. obama was elected with a surplus of about three million votes. he campaigned on this issue. again, the speaker can't take yes for an answer. the president has presented tops him something that would prevent us from going over the cliff. it wasom in response to somethig the speaker gave to the president himself. but, again, i guess with thegues dysfunctional republican caucus in the house even the speaker can't tell what they're going to do, because he backed off from even his own proposal. mr. president, the house, weesid hear this so often, is controlled by the republicans
president, that the speaker's number one goal is to get elected speaker on january 3rd. the house is not even here. he's told me he'll give 'em two not two days, 48 hours. they don't even have enough of the leadership here to meet to talk about it. they've done it with conference calls. people are spread all over the basically, is waiting for january 3rd. now, the present campaigned on raising taxes on people making more than $250,000 a year.l the bush era tax cuts will expire at the end of...